UNHchabo: Several applications for pause-abuse

2020-06-12T09:54:46Z

Several applications for pause-abuse

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Samus cannot die during the fade-in or fade-out from a pause. Because of this, several mechanics are possible if you pause just before she reaches 0hp, whether by taking a hit from an enemy, or some other source of damage like heat.

== Chained Pauses ==

If you pause frame-perfectly when the fade-in finishes, you can survive an indefinite number of pauses at 0hp. There are restrictions however; Samus cannot pause during certain game events, such as elevator rides, Power Bomb explosions, and Mother Brain's Rainbow Beam. However, [[Timing|during the time Samus is at 0hp]], In Game Time will not count up. This was heavily utilized in [http://tasvideos.org/2558M.html this TAS], saving about 20 seconds of In Game Time. Theoretically a No Major Glitches TAS could even be made with this exploit that would have an incredibly low In Game Time.

== Reserve Abuse ==

If you have your [[Reserve Tanks]] set to manual, you can pause just before you reach 0hp, allowing you to fill just enough from the reserves to survive.

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This method is common in categories that require Draygon to carry Samus to the top-right corner of the room, such as [[14% xIce]]. If you pause every time Draygon is about to hit Samus with her tail, you can manually pull a very small amount of health out of your reserves, allowing you to survive much more damage with two e-tanks and a reserve tank than you would with three e-tanks.

== Health Drops ==

If you can get a health drop before the fade-in finishes you can survive. This is fairly common in [[RBO]] runs, while waiting for Ridley's drops after having an automatic Reserve Tank activation during his death animation.

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